Who won Georgia in the 2004 presidential election?

Bush (Republican) carried Georgia in 2004, winning its 15 electoral votes.

How many electoral votes did Georgia have in 2004?

Georgia cast 15 electoral votes in the 2004 presidential election.

Did Georgia vote for the national winner in 2004?

Yes. Georgia backed George W. Bush, who won the presidency that year.

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2004

Georgia: Bush carries 15 EV.

Georgia cast its 15 electoral votes for Bush (Republican). National winner: George W. Bush (Republican) — Georgia voted with the national winner this cycle.

Georgia in 2004

The 2004 contest saw Georgia line up behind Bush, delivering 15 electoral votes to the Republican ticket. Georgia ended up on the winning side — George W. Bush captured the White House that year.

It marked the 3rd consecutive election in which Georgia backed the Republican party, a streak reaching back to 1996. Georgia did not move alone — neighboring Florida, Alabama, Tennessee, North Carolina, and South Carolina broke the same way in 2004. Across the 59 presidential elections Georgia has taken part in, it has most often sided with the Democratic party (34 times). The vote fell within the Modern Polarization — Close elections in a divided country.

In the national count, George W. Bush took 286 of the 538 electoral votes, against John Kerry's 251. George W. Bush led the national popular vote with 50.73% of the ballots cast.

The 2004 national map

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